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THE ATLANTA SUN
from the daily edition of
Sunday, Mav 26th. 1872-
THE ATLANTA WEEKLY SUN, FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 20, 1872.
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fir. Greeley’* Acceptance, nml the Pro-
nuncInmeiKo on ivhich It 1* Based.
We give in another column tliis im
portant paper, •which is to become his
torical.
We have not, at the present writing,
time to comment upon it, farther than
call attention to a few prominent points,
and to put all who have an eye single to
the good of the country upon their guard
against being deceived by its glittering
coatings.
1. First, then, let it be specially noted,
that it contains not one word of censure
or disapproval of a single one of the many
gross and palpable usurpations of the
present Radical Dynasty, of which Mr.
Greeley has been the “Master Spirit”
throughout
Not one word is uttered against the
iniquitous Enforcement Acts; not one
word against the infamous Ku-Klnx Act.
It is true, it says that there “Shall he
no Federal dictation of die internal polity
of die several Stales; but dud each Slate
shall be left free to enforce die rights, and
promote the well-being of its inhabitants, ly
such means as die judgment of its own peo
ple shall prescribe'’
But all this is to be “subject to the
solemn constitutional obligation,” on the
part of the grand-central Government, to
“maintain the eqnal rights of citizens;”
and this is, in effect, a distinct announce
ment that it is the duty of the Central
Power to interfere and control every
thing in the States, whenever the States
are not managing their own affairs in a
way to suit their paramount lord.
But for this subordination of the rights
of the States to the paramount authority
of the Central Power, in laws for. the
maintenance of the rights of citizens, this
fine flourish of Mr. Greeley’s about the
rights of the States to be free from dic
tation in their internal policies, would
receive a hearty response from not lees,
we believe, than five millions of the
voters of the United States.
But let no honest friend of Constitu
tional Liberty be deceived by this tempt
ing bait, accompanied as it is with the
patent poison, and coming from the
source it does. Let it ever be borne in
mind that the same man who now ap
proaches us with these specious words,
urged Congress to interfere with bayo
nets, and dictate by armed force to the
people of Georgia what they should do
in their own internal domestic affairs,
eren after the State had, by him and
his party, been declared to be duly and
completely “reconstructed,” under his
and their Military Despotism.
2. The paper also speaks in words of
seeming patriotism, about the people
North and South, “being eagei• to clasp
hands across the bloody chasm which has
too long divided them, forgetting they have
been enemies, and joyful in the conscious
ness that they are all brediren?’
This, again, also reads well. The senti
ment is broad and catholic. But did not
Mr. Greeley say the same thing in 1868?
Did he not take up the words of General
Grant, “Let us have peace,” and send
them, with rebounding echoes, from one
extent to the other, throughout the land?
When, however, the election was car
ried, more by this cry than anything
else, was not another torturing turn
given to the screw of Federal Power,
and Georgia utterly denied the right to
provide for the best interest of her own
people by such means as their judgment
prescribed ?
Was not the Ku-Klux Bill passed—and
all those subsequent wrongs and oppres
sions under which the country now
groans, carried by the approval and sane
tion of Mr. Greeley?
Has Mr. Greeley ever adhered to a
Platform on which his Party came into
power in his life ?
Did he not announce his approval of
the Chicago Platform of 1860, on which
Mr. Lincoln was elected, which
declared as broadly, and even
more broadly than this Pronunciamento,
that the Central Government had no
power to interfere with the internal af
fairs of a State ? How did he and his
Party act after they carried the election
under that public and solemn avowal of
principles ?
Did not the Chicago Platform, of 1868 ;
approved by Mr. Greeley, and tho oue
on which Gen. Grant was nominated and
elected, declare that the right to regu-
1 ite suffrage belonged to the States ?
How shamefully has that pledge been
violated by “'perfidy, fraud and force I”
and at the instance of Mr. Greeley 1
3. To all Democrats, therefore,—to
all true friends of Constitutional Liberty
everywhere—we say, “Beware of the
. Greeks.”
“Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.”
Mr. Greeley, we apprehend, is only
practicing a Greek strategem for another
lease of Radical Power. If this be not
so—if he really thinks that the Govern
ment is dangerously tending to centrali
zation by its grossjisurpations, why does
he not say so ? The omissions of his pa
per are most significant. Why, more
significantly still, does he invoke a sanc
tion of all of these outrages !
If,[again, his purpose be to arrest fur
crat shall be selected by those who are
opposed to General Grant to carry out
his own professed principles and policies,
he will retire and let General Grant be
elected? This is his avowed position—
though not stated in*this paper. He is
determined that a Radical shall be elect
ed !
Cun anybody be deceived by the ruse
he is practicing ? In our judgment, the
whole object he and others co-operating
with him—(some calling themselves De
mocrats—and some of them being “trust
ed leaders’* of that party too,) have in
view, is to crush ont the Democracy, the
only hope of the country.
They saw that Radicalism and Central
ization were becoming odions in the
country, and that an overwhelming ma
jority of the people wonld, at the next
Presidential election, sweep the whole
Party from Power. '
This is their last resort to accomplish
their object. It is to break np, crash,
and disband the Democratic Party, and
secure the election of some .Radical.
Will three millions of Democrats be so
deceived and betrayed ? We shall see.
A. H. S.
HORACE GREELEY’S LETTER OF
ACCEPTANCE.
IIU Version of the Cincinnati Platform.
New York, May 21.—The following is
the official notice to Mr. Greeley, of the
Liberal Republican nomination:
Cincinnati, May 3, 1872.—Dear Sir :
The National Convention of Liberal Re
publicans* of the United States have in
structed the undersigned, President,
Vice-President and Secretaries of the
Convention, to inform you that you have
been nominated as the candidate of the
Liberal Republicans for the Presidency
of the United States. We also submit
to you the address and resolutions unani
mously adopt- d by the Convention. Be
pleased to signify to us your acceptance
of the platform and nomination, and
believe us,
Very truly yours,
C. Schurz, President.
Geo.W. Julian,V. Prea’t.
Wm. E. McLean,
Jno. G. Davidson,
J. H. Rhodes,
Secretaries.
To Hon. Horace Greeley, New York
City.
MB. GREELEY S REPLY.
Neva York, May 20.—Gentlemen: I
have chosen not to acknowledge your let
ter of the 3d instant until I could learn
how the work of your convention was re
ceived in all parts of our great country,
and more,whether that work was approved
and ratified by the mass of our fellow cit
izens. Their response from day to day
reached me through telegrams, letters
and comments of journalists independent
of official patronage, and indifferent to
the smiles and favor of power. The
number and character of these -uncon
strained, unpurchased, unsolicited utter
ances satisfied me that the movement
which found expression at Cincinnati has
received the stamp of public approval,
and has been hailed by a majority of our
country as the harbinger of a better day
for the Republic. I do not misinterpret
this approval as especially compliment
ary to myself, nor even the chivalrous
and justly esteemed gentleman with
whose name I thank your convention for
associating mine. I receive and wel
come it as a spontaneous and deserved
tribute to that admirable platform
of principles wherein your convention so
tersely, so forcibly set forth the convic
tions which impelled, and the purposes
which guided its course, a platform
which, casting behind it the wreck and
rubbish of worn-out contentions and by
gone feuds, embodies in fit and few
words the needs and aspirations of to
day. Though thousands stand ready to
condemn yonr every act, hardly a sylla
ble of criticism or cavil has been aimed
at your platform, of which the substance
may be fairly epitomized as follows:
1. All political rights and franchises
which have been acquired through our
late bloody convulsion, must and shall
be guaranteed, maintained, enjoyed and
respected evermore.
2. All political rights and franchises
which have been lost through that con
vulsion should and must be promptly re
stored and re-established, so that there
shall be henceforth no proscribed class
and no disfranchised caste within the
limits of the Union, whose long es
tranged people shall re-unite and frater
nize upon the broad basis of universal
amnesty and impartial suffrage.
3. That, subject to our solemn con
stitutional obligation to maintain the
equal rights of citizens, our policy should
aim at local government and not central
ization; that the civil authority shall be
supreme over military, the habeas corpus
should be jealously upheld as the safe
guard of personal freedom; that the in
dividual citizen should enjoy the largest
liberty consistent with public order, and
there shall be no Federal dictation of
the internal policy of the several States,
but that each shall be left free to enforce
the rights and promote the well-being
of its inhabitants by such means as the
judgment of its own people shall pre
scribe.
4 There shall be a real, and not merely
a simulated reform in civil service of the
Republic, to which end it is indispensa
ble that the chief dispeusor of its vast
official patronage shall be shielded from
the mean temptation, to use his power
selfishly by a rule inexorably forbidding
and precluding his re-election.
5. That the raising of revenue, wheth
er by tariff or otherwise, shall be recog
nized and treated as the people’s imme
diate business, to be shaped and directed
by them through their represeutatives in
Congress, whose action the President
must neither overrule by his veto nor at
tempt to dictate or presume to punish
by bestowing office only on those who
agree, and withdrawing from those who
do not.
That the public lauds must be sa-
pected and sought at the hands of all
who approve of them, irrespective of
past affiliations.
8. The public faith must, at all haz
ards, be maintained, and the national
credit preserved.
9. The patriotic devotedness and in
estimable services of oar fellow-citizens,
who as soldiers or sailors upheld the flag
and maintained the unity of the repub
lic, shall ever be gratefully remembered
and honorably requited.
These propositions so ably and forcibly
presented in the platform of your con
vention, have already fixed the attention
and commanded the assent of a large
majority of oar countrymen, who joy
fully adopt them as the basis of a true
beneficent national construction, of a
new departure from the jealousies and
strifes and hates which have no longer
any adequate motive or even plausible
pretext, into the atmosphere of peace,
fraternity and mutual good will. In vain
do the drill sergeants of decaying organ
izations flourish menacingly their
truncheons and angrily insist that the
files shall be closed and straightened. In
vain do the whippers-in of parties, once
vital because rooted in vital needs of the
hour, protest against straying and bolting,
and denounce men in no wise their infe
riors as traitors and renegades, and
threaten them with intamy and ruiu. I
am confident that the American people
have already made your cause their own,
and resolved that their brave hearts and
strong arms shall bear it on to triumph.
In this faith and with the distinct un
derstanding that if elected I shall be
President, not of a party, but of the
whole people, I accept your nomination
in confident trust that the masses of our
country, North and South, are eager to
clasp bauds across the bloody chasm
which has too long divided them, for
getting they have been enemies and joy
ful in the consciousness that they all re
main brethren.
Yours, gratefully,
Horace Greeley.
To Hon. Carl Schurz, President; Geo.
W. Julian, Vice-President; Messrs.
Wm. E. McLean and others,* Secreta
ries of the National Convention Lib
eral Republicans of the United States.
Railroad Meeting in Hart.
The Elberton Gazette of the 22d, has
the following:
At the meeting of the Directors of the
Elberton Air-Line Railroad, held at
Henry’s Church, in Hart county, on
Wednesday last, there was no business of
any great importance transacted. The
plat of the survey made from Dry Pond
to Franklin Springs, via Carnesville, was
submitted to the board, but no action
was taken therron. By this route some
very; heavy grading will be necessary,
costing probably fifty per cent, more
than by what is known as the ridge route.
The people of Carnesville, if they desire
the road to pass near their town, should,
it seems reasonable to suppose, raise ad
ditional stock to make up the difference
in the cost of construction.
The Board appointed a delegate to wait
upon the President of the Air-Line Road
to ascertain'the terms on which our road
can be built. It appears to be a difficult
matter to get that officer to say positively
what he will do. But the Board of Di
rectors have acted very properly in mak
ing a final effort to consult with' him, and
if do arrangements of a satisfactory
ciiaraeter can be made, then the best
plan will be to drop him, and go ahead
with the work.
The road to Elberton, if constructed,
will be an important feeder to the great
trunk line, and the aid given the enter
prise, by the. latter, will undoubtedly be
fully commensurate with the estimate
placed upon its importance as a tribu
tary.
The people of Elbert, Hart and Frank
lin counties seem very earnest in their
work, and, it is understood, each county
is ready to come up with its subscription
of §100,000, lay it before the President
of the Air-Line, and ask what that corpo
ration will do with it. It is to be hoped
that the- Air-Line people will give them
all the aid possible, and no doubt they
will do so.
FROM OUR ROVING CORRESPOND
ENT AND AGENT.
ALL ABOUT ROME.
Rome, Ga., May 17, 1872.
Dear Sun: On Tuesday morning we
took the Western & Atlantic train with
that kind and obliging conductor, Capt.
Sanford Bell.
6.
credly reserved for occupation and ac-
" quisitiun by cultivators, and not reck-
ther usurpations—if he is really alarmed ! lessly squandered on the projectors of
at the results of his own acts, counsels railroads for which our people have no
and teachings, why does be not now say
that he will join all men, of all paities,
present need, and the premature con-j
structiou of which is Annually plunging j
the United States into deeper and deeper 1
under any leader, to arrest the further 1 abvsses of foreign indebtedness,
progress of these usurpations? j 7. The achievement of these grand
Why dpfs he 6RJ that if any Demo- j pnrposes of universal benificeace is ex-1 on a good solid footm
It was a pleasant morn
ing, and we felt like enjoying the charm
ing beauties of this road of curves. The
morning waned as we sped onward, and
the sun rose towards the zenith, much to
the annoyance cf some of our fellow-
passengers, especially one, who moved
his seat at every curve of the serpentine
line, to avoid the burning rays of the orb
of day ; but he soon tired of such con
tinued locomotion.
A rather amusing incident occurred.—
A gentleman seemed to be very much an
noyed by those pesky little animals some
times called fleas; (we have no idea where
he slept the night before.) He said they
were holding a convention on the pedal
extremities of his person; and that they
must be of the Irish breed—each one
having a large family! v*
In due time we arrived at Kingston
and changed cars for Rome. The King
ston & Rome Railroad runs nearly all the
way along the banks of the Etewah river
—that lovely stream of water • silently
flowing on with its varying scenery of
green valleys, waving fields and dimpled
hills.
Bat here we are, at Rome—if not ex
actly built on seven hills, like ancient
Rome, the hills are “there or there
abouts,” upon which to rear fabrics as
vast.
This smiling city of the hills, charms
every visitor with its lofty aspect, its ver-
dent groves, its clustering foliage, and
towering forest trees.
We rode in 1 he Choicest omnibus one
could wish, tu the Choicest House one
could desire, which is a fine three story
brick building, handsomely furnished,
large and airy rooms, and neetly kept,
by Col. J. C. Roubins, a very pleasant
host, who keeps a very fine table, is po
lite and. obliging. As the name indi
cates, it is a “Choice House.
After ridding ourselves of dust and
duster, and partaking of a sumptuous
dinner, we made our usual visit to the
sanctums of the city press. The weekly
Bulletin, published by Messrs. A. B. S.
Mosely & Co., is neatly gotten up, and
but recently started. Mr. Mosely, one
of its editors, we found at his post. He
has a good prospect for a fine circula
tion. He is a gentleman of intelligence
and culture.
Next we visited the Daily and Weekly
Commercial, published by Messrs. H. W.
Grady and J. F. Shanklin—found both
these gentlemen of the quill in their of
fice. The former is a live, promisiug
young gentleman of talents; the latter a
deep thinker, with considerable experi
ence in newspaper publishing. The Com
mercial is a live paper, fully up to the
requirements of the day.
Next the Tri-WeeklyCburier—M. Dwi-
nell Proprietor, B. F. Sawyer Associate
Editor. We found both these gentlemen
at their post, and spent some very pleas
ant moments in their company. This is
an old established paper, and will bear
favorable comparison with any Tri
Weekly-In the Btafco. —
We were highly pleased with the gen
tlemen connected with the press of this
city. Among them we fonnd no Greeley
ites.
We were pleased with the citizens of
Rome generally. The ladies are modest
and shy like April flowers. Tho gentle
men are intelligent, high-toned, refined
and of course The Atlanta Sun is ap
preciated wherever we find this class of
people.
Rome proper, has a population of
abont 4,000; and including suburbs 6,000.
A vast amount of business is done here,
large quantities of cotton is shipped
from this point This city has four
churches—Methodist, Presbyterian, Bap
tist, and Episcopalian, also one colored
church. It is highly favored in regard
to schools. The Rome Female College
is well , organized, is finely conducted
and in a very flourishing condition—Rev
J. M. M. Calwell, President, also
Female High School in successful opera
tion, presided overby Miss C. A. Hansle,
an excellent teacher, and an estimable
lady. There are two Male High Schools,
one taught by Col. McGruder, and the
other by Mr. Proctor. In addition to
these, they have four Primary Schools
also some colored schools.
We must not forget to notice its fine
Library Association. Their Hall is well
fitted up, handsomely furnished, and at
tended to by Mrs. Pune and her accom
plished daughter. These ladies display
that refinement and intelligence which is
calculated to recommend the spirit of
the Association over which they preside.
The Romans have evinced sound judg
ment and good taste in selecting such
ladies as presiding geniuses of this es
tablishment.
Rome can boast of that which should
be the pride and ambition of every
city—fine Water-Works. The Tank,
Reservoir, as it is called, is a beautiful
structure, situated on a high hill. A fine
view is to be had from the top of it—not
only of the city, but also of the surround
ing country. As the person having the
key was not present, we could not ascend
i it, and must forego, for the present, the
pleasure of the city and surronndiDg
country from its lofty height.
The works of the
ROME IRON MANUFACTURING COMPANY
has a daily capacity of five tons of bar
iron, one hundred and twenty-five kegs of
nails, and 5,000 pounds of railroad spikes
They employ 125 men, whose monthly
pay-roll amounts to 85,000, together with
the supplies of all kin is, amounting, in
its aggregate, to §20,000 per month, and
is mainly spent within a radious of 25
miles. For sources of supply, this com
pany has four iron furnaces, distant re
spectively, 16, 25, 30 and 130 miles, -with
a fifth in prospect, (being now located)
at a distance of 67 miles. With the com
pletion of the Memphis Railroad, now in
progress of construction, supplies of iron
and coal will be within so short a ditance
that the redaction in cost of transporta
tion will, of itself, be quite a profit
their manufacture.
Tne kegs for packing nails and spikes,
to the number of 125 per day, are made
by the company. The President is J. M.
C. Allen, Esq, a gentleman to whose su
perior business capacity and skill in
management much of iho present pros-
I perity of the company is due. Mr. Thus.
8?£=>The Augusta Fair Association is E. Roper, Superintendent is thoroughly
out of debt and ready to begin the season versed in all the details of iron mauu-
I . The foundry of the Messrs. Noble, ad-
1 joining thd above works, we notice, is
1 doing a large business in casting and
lilting car wheels and axles. We regret
that we cannot give a full description of
this concern, as it is well worthy. We
did not take the necessary notes. Oue
of its proprietors promised us the desired
information, hut from some cause we
failed to receive it.
THE ROHE HOLLOW-WARE AND STOVE
MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
At this establishment they manufac
ture cooking and heating stoves, stone
hollow-ware, wagon boxes, andirons, sash
weights, __ the celebrated Diamond Sad
Iron, plain and ornamental grates, steam
engines, saw’mill machinery, gin gearing,
shaftings, pulleys, &c. The presiding
genius of this establishment is Mr. T. T.
Stone. Messrs. J. & S. Bones & Co.,
agents, who, also, have a large wholesale
and retail hardware store in this city and
do a very large business.
THE MOUNTAIN CITY STOVE WORKS.
We understand they turn out about 40
stoves per week at this establishment.
Some of their leading and approved pat
terns are, “The Atlanta,” Nos. 6, 7, and
“The Sentinel,” Nos. 6, 7 and 8. This
firm is conducted by Wagner, Weller &
Co., who thoroughly understand their
business. We were informed that Mr.
B. Langford,of your city,is interested
in these works, and is sole agent for the
sale of its products.
This city has its share of other indus
trial pursuits—its usual number of M.D.s
and lawyers.
By the way, we had the pleasure of see
ing “Bill Arp.” He is looking fine and
hearty, and as genial as the sunshine.
There are-a number of livery stables
in tho place. Messrs. Powers & Whitely
keep fine horses and vehickles to hire,
at reasonable rates.
We made some very pleasant acquaint
ances in this city, among them our local
agent, Mr. Jack King, who has fine busi
ness qualifications, and will do justice to
our rising Orb, The Atlanta Sun.
In the morning, we bid the good peo
ple of this city good-bye, as we shall
have to be On the Go.
- >-♦-<
Judge Lochrane.—Hon. O. A. Loch-
rane returned from Washington on Fri
day last, where he had been for some
time, laboring to induce Congress to
authorize the payment of people in the
South for the property of which they
were plundered by Radical Plundering
Treasury Agents. In this he was won
derfully successful—having procured
the removal of all difficulties requir
ing proof of “loyally,” and the re
lieving of all who were barred from re
covering their property, by the
statute of limitations. He labored to
procure the passage of the so-called Am
nesty Bill, by the provisions of which,
under the rulings of the Supreme Court,
proof of loyalty will not be required-
save in a very few cases.
No doubt the passage of these meas
ures is more due to the labors of Judge
Lochrane than any one else. He knew
what it was he desired to accomplish, and
how to proceed in the work, and had abili
ty, position and influence in the under
taking, which. no one else who has gone
to Washington fos this rnirnose since the
war, has ever been able to bring' cG ucX..
We invite special attention to the
Judge’s card in The Sun. No man can
more effectually prosecute and secure the
payment of these claims than he can, for
the reasons we have mentioned. He
will, no doubt, be employed by great
numbers of persons all over the South, to
present their claims and receive their
pay. The eminent services he has ren
dered in opening the way for the recove
ry of this money, entitles . him to a large
patronage in this line.
Elbert County.
The Elberton Gazette of the 22d furn
ishes the following paragraphs:
Some farmers say they never had cot
ton to do better, while others complain
of very poor stands and have had much
replanting to do. Where cotton has
come up well it is generally doing well.
Corn promises well. Wheat, where the
rust has not appeared, will torn out well.
Our farmers are getting into the cultiva
tion of barley, finding it a cheaper and
Better food for stock than anything else
they can raise.
Lexington will have a hanging on the
31st of May. The criminal is a negro;
he was convicted of the murder of an
other negro at the last term of the Supe
rior Court for Oglethorpe county. .
The Masons of this county -will have a
celebration on the 24th of July. They
will have speakers from home and abroad,
and everything will be gotten up in their
usual good style.
The Good Templars have also in con
templation the propriety of giving a cele
bration during the summer.
Central Railroad Steamship Line.
On Tuesday, says the Chronicle and
Sentinel, the six side-wheel steamships,
viz: the General Barnes, Herman Liv
ingston, Rapidan, San Salvador, Mag
nolia, and San Jacinto, were transferred
at the Custom House, in Savannah, to
the control of the Central Railroad, in
the name of William M. Wadlev, Esq.,
representing the company, and they will
hereafter hail from Savannah. The
transfer papers required six hundred dol
lars worth of United States internal rev
enue stamps.
The Rochester Democrat says: “A
young lady in Sullivan oountv was killed
‘in fun’ the other day. Her brother
pointed a gun at her ‘in fun,’ and the
gun went off, very much to his astonish
ment v
Col. Young, of Gordon county,
has corn three and a half feet high.
Gordon county Democrats con
vene on the 4th of Jnne.
Woolen Manufactures. :— We are
truly glad that the Concord Woolen
Mills have fallen into good hands—men
who are well fitted for such business, and
who have taken hold of the mills with a
determination to make the same a grand
success.
Col. Z. A. Rice is a successful, enterpris
ing business man, who has experience in
manufacturing as well as other business
enterprises, and has the means and the
capacities to run these mills with advant
age to the country as well as himself.
He has been running a small cotton
spinning establishment on Annawau-
kee Creek, in Douglas—formerly Camp
bell county—known as “Annawaukee
Mills,” at which a very superior article
of cotton yarns were made, always find
ing ready sole at tip top prices.
Mr. S. B. Love has been Clerk of the
City Council of Atlanta, and Sheriff of
Fulton county for many years. He is a
safe, reliable, and deserving gentleman
who brings into this new enterprise,
habits of close attention to business and
solid worth, which will prove to be high
ly valuable.
And now we call the attention of the
whole country to the business of wool
growing. Very few have any idea how
profitable it is, nor how soon a man can
grow rich at it. Fence up your surplus
wood land, and keep your sheep from
straying. Keep a couple of fields sown
in such grasses as will keep your sheep
fat winter and summer, and let them run
on such fields alternately for only a few
days at 9 time. There is more money in
it than cotton.
"We invite special attention to their
wool-carding. Read the advertisement.
Let farmers and merchants all along the
various lines of Railroad tak8 notice of
their advertisement in connection with
the wool trade.
A Negro Thief Blows Himself cp wiTh a Xra
or Powder.—From s private letter, dated Hickory
Flat, | Ala., May 22, Ihe following information isob
tained ;
The storo cf Messrs. Hudson k Adams, at that
place, was opened by a burglar and robbed: but by
rather a singular fatality the burglar was captured,
by bis own act. The thief was a negro Darned Alfred
White. After entering tho store, his first thought
was to secure some powder, which he attempted to
’io a: ^ a lighted match. By accident ho
set fire to the powder and blew hiras'elfancTthe store
np.
Subsequent developments have proven Uiat th»
said White, iu conjunction with other negroes, it®
in possession of regular burglar instruments, and '
ha\ e had free access to most of the stores from Rod
Mills to HogansviUe, Ga. Goods were found in
their possession that had been stolen from P. G
Trout & Son, Bolen Level, J. W. Thomason k Co.
Rock Mills, T. M. Johnson, Wehadkeo, Hudson &
Adams and Jesso Sherman, of Hickory Flat, aad
A. Coper and others, cf laQrange.
Alford Whito and wife, and Bates White, all ne
groes, have been arrested and committed, and the
authorities are in possession of information which,
they think will lead to the destruction of tlio wholer-
gang. ^
Georgia Wi stern Railroad.—Wo heard yester
day that Mr. Grant, of the firm of Grant. Alexander
& Co., Contractors, would leavo the city to-morrow
morning with one hundred laborers, to establish
iheir camp at Mitchell's Gap, beyond Chattahocchea
river, the terminus of the first section of the line.
Having made all necessary preparations, which they
will complete in ten or fifteen days, they will im
mediately commence grading and constructing. As. ■
soon as this part of tho work commences, of course*
the party wiU rtcoive heavy reinforcements, so as to,
prosecute the vroik speedily and vigorously.
In the meantime the locating yiarty of engineers-
are proceeding rapidly towards the Alabama line.
Mr. Smith Solomon, one of the moBt industrious
and efficient of the corps, returned from the camps
yesterday, to enjoy a brief respite during to-day*
and he informs us that the party is now in the
neighborhood of tho Carroll county line, and will bo
in the vicinity of Villa Rica by tho middle of ths
week.
Thus the work goes bravely on, and not many
months will pass before this enterprise, all-impor- -
tant to Atlanta’s prosperity, will be completed.
Letter from H011. J. C. Conner.
Washington, May 9, 1872.
Col. John D. Elliott, Austin, Texas:
Dear Sir—The Passive or Liberal
movement culminated at Cincinnati in
the nomination of Greeley, as a high,
tariff Radical of the extreme school.
The National Democratic Committee
have called a Convention to meet at Bal
timore on the 9th of July next.
The important question for that Con
vention to consider and determine is:
“Shall we nominate a pure Democratic
ticket and elect it, or shall we indorse
the Cincinnati nominees,' disband tho
Democratic organization, (for it would
result in that), and invite Grant to couv
tinue his. military despotism for four
years more ?
That is the question which the Balti
more Convention will be called upon to
answer, and in making that answer the .
State of Texas will be entitled to sixteen
votes. It is the duty of the Corsicana
Convention to express by a resolution of
instruction for the government of its del
egates, upon which side of that question
those votes shall bo cast. I know that
many men who will seek to be delegates
will object to instructions on that subject;
but their opposition should be of itself
sufficient to condemn them as unsafe del
egates.
I am not of those who think the Dem-
ogratic party has outlived its usefulness,,
or .uv gvrvtrL-.-.rcfini «£_ the fathers is
a failure, but am in favor of mriRing ax
least one more fight as an humble pri
vate in that great Democratic army,
which was stronger by 60,000 votes in
1870 than all opposition combined, as-
shown by the popular vote of the coun
try for that year. Should the Baltimore-
Convention fail to nominate a Demo
cratic ticket, the clock of civilization will'
move backward a full century, and the-
cause of the millions of men both in
America and foreign lands, who are.
struggling for constitutional freedom.,
regulated by law, will indeed be lost.
By the action of the Baltimore Con
vention I shall be bound, and while I as
pire to no office, shall contribute my
money and humble abilities to promote
the success of its ticket but I trust I.
shall have a candidate iu the principles
of whose life I can find something to.
commend.
I trust the Democracy of Texas*
through its convention at Corsicana*
will instruct its delegates to Baltimore to
go for a straight Democratic ticket.
Very truly yours,
John C. Conner.
l'ke Gainesville and Jefferson Railroad.
The Gainesville Eagle learns that the
Corps of Engineers, organized for the
survey of the Gainesville & Jefferson
Railroad, commenced their labor on
Tuesday, and are now prosecuting the
work with energy. Col. J. H. Banks is
Chief Engineer, with competent and ex
perienced assistants.
Tire Air-Line Railroad..
The Spartanburg correspondent of the
Charleston Courier, writing on the 20th,
says:
The work upon tne Air-Line Railroad j before,
is being pushed vigorously ahead. The
Wife-Murderer Caught.
The Lumpkin Telegraph of the 22d has--
the following:
Span, the wife-murderer of Webster*
and tho young woman who eloped witlt
him, both passed though here on Thurs
day, on their way to Preston, under
charge of the Deputy Sheriff of sVebster
county and a posse of men. They were
caught in Coffee county, Alabama,
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Coweta County.
P. F. Smith, of Newnan, ha3 compiled
an “annolated code.”
Mr. Nathan Davis, a highly respected
citizen of Coweta, died last Saturday,
aged 74.
The Democrats of Coweta county will
meet in Newnan, the first Tuesday ic.
June, to appoint delegates to the State.-
Convention to he held in Atlanta, June
26th.
Some time since a citizen of Cowets.
shot a dog belonging to another man.—
The owner brought suit and recovered*
fifty dollars damages. At that rate for
dog meat, the sausage business wonld
have to suspend.
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. Old Wilkes.
A telegraph wire is now being p tretchea
from Barnett to Washington.
Washington hns Gazette-d a four and a
half foot stalk of clover, and boasts of it.
The Gazette of the 24th says:
Corn, wheat and oats in this county
are doing very well, and promise a good
yield. Clover is better than ever known
factoring.
rection of Charlotte. We Lope to have
the road completed to that point by the
first of October.
Clover is bettei
Cotton is growing oS well,
though 'he aversgestand throughout the
On last Friday af-
Djood rains
ome sec
tions rain was very abundant. Tne pros
pect for an aBumhmt fruit crop continue-
Rood.